Now, let’s move on to the question fellow food writer Sonja Groset raised on her Facebook page: Now that they’re here, what should they do here? “I want the cheftestants to stay at the Edgewater and fish in Elliott Bay from the windows for a cooking challenge,” Groset wrote. My favorite suggestion from her respondents: “Squid jigging and foraging for mushrooms!”

On the stereotypical side, here’s what we’d expect to see:

1. Throwing fish at Pike Place Market.

2. Coffee challenge at Starbucks.

3. A booth at the Bite of Seattle (or head skyward for dinner service at the Space Needle?)

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Bethany Jean Clement is The Seattle Times food writer. Her writing has also appeared in Best Food Writing, Food & Wine, Gourmet.com, Beard House, Town & Country, Edible Seattle, The Stranger and more. Follow her on Twitter: @BJeanClement.